Scans_Daily

Well, in MU New York (and presumably, most other big cities), such things probably happen all the time. If you read between the lines, there's probably all sorts of moments we don't get to see where heroes interact briefly with each other on the way to their respective cases. 'Hey, Spidey.' 'Oh, hey, Moon Knight. Where ya goin'?' 'Ah, some cheap hood down on the docks thinks he's the new Capone. You?' 'After Doc Ock again.' 'Well, good luck.' 'Same to you.' Probably happens all the time.
And, yes, true, but one of the things that MAKES it messy is that people stop to correct themselves when they flub their grammar, as they should. If that were me, I probably would have gone 'There is an... d'ahhh, whoops, 'scuse me, there ARE...'